[SOLVED] Changing message colour based on whether or not you have a skill

Hi there, I'm new to RPG Maker.

Is there any way to change a message's colour based on whether or not you own a skill, in an easy way without much branching?

I'm using Yanfly's Message Core.

My initial idea was to make it so that it was something like:

if MainCharacterName has learned "Sense Lie"
show a message saying "This is a truth. This is a lie."
else
show a message saying "This is a truth. \c[10] This is a lie."
end

which should look like:

"This is a truth. This is a lie." when you have the skill.

(And since I'm worried about people who are colourblind, if there's a way to strikethrough text instead, that would be helpful. I'm thinking about making a stricken-through font of the default font for this)

But then I realized that the more I did this, the more branches I would need to throw out until it ends in a horribly branchy mess, especially if I do it within choices.

Is there any way to do this without throwing conditional branch every time?

I can minimally code (though not in Javascript), but am willing to learn, to some extent if necessary to get this to work.

Thank you in advanced.

EDIT: Now that I'm thinking about it, the conditional branch method shouldn't be too bad as long as I'm careful with it...

You can use Yanfly's Extended Messages II plugin to have certain text appear when a switch is on or a variable is above a certain number. And might I make an suggestion? It's best to make unique text visually different then just giving it a different color. You could have the word be bolder or have a visual effect like a shaking or wave effect.

Other suggestion is you use the yanfly message macros.
There, you can put various code texts:
\V[2]\C[5]Fireball
And put a mscro for it \M[1]
So every time you type \M[1] the text codes of fireball will appear.

Let me see if I am understanding this correctly.


Let's pretend Actor1 is MainCharacter and Skill(1) is Sense Lie.

If I use Yanfly's Extended Messages II, then would that mean that, if I have Sense Lie, the text will show as:

This is a truth. This is a lie.

And if I don't have it, it will show as:

This is a truth. This is a lie.
?

And Eliaquim, I'm not sure how that helps my situation.

Also, regarding making text look different, I'm planning on making a stricken through font for the lies. For colourblindness reasons.

Oh. Im sorry though. Maybe i dont understand you right :/

@Aridenus Unless you want to go through some weird workarounds with pictures you'll need a plugin to add strikes through text and there doesn't seem to be any for MV. You'll have to either commission one or use a different visual effect.

https://mega.nz/#!ftAS0aqS!aN_F5DeQWsvyAq7MFAT0hZRnqLhfWWmXnH2mHtUpYgs

To any future finders of this thread who need a striken-through otf font of RPG Maker MV's default, well, your link is right above.

I ended up making my own stricken-through version of the default RPG Maker MV font, but it requires the people who play the game to also need to install the font.

\caseEval{$gameActors.actor(1).hasSkill(8)?This is a truth. \fn<strikef> This is a lie.:This is a truth. This is a lie.}
With Yanfly's Extended Messages II, Skill8 as the DetectLie and the font name being strikef, I used this line in the message to create this effect. It's not perfect, but it works with what I do.



I don't know if there's any way to achieve this effect without installing the font or, barring that, to forcibly install the font. But this is as far as I got. I'd love if anyone knew a way to get past this. But, for now, I think this thread is Solved.